A Quick and Simple Dictionary

hearse

1. Noun.  A hind in the second year of its age.
2. Noun.  A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies.
3. Noun.  A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.
4. Noun.  A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.
5. Noun.  A carriage or vehicle specially adapted or used for transporting a dead person to the place of funeral or to the grave.
6. Verb.  (dated) To enclose in a hearse; to entomb.